President Obama’s re-election has effectively ended the waiting game
about whether his law that overhauls the U.S. health care system would
really take effect, sending states into a scramble to -- among other
things -- decide by Friday whether to establish their own programs for
residents and businesses to buy the insurance.
President Obama’s re-election has effectively ended the waiting game about whether his law that overhauls the U.S. health care system would really take effect, sending states into a scramble that includes deciding by Friday whether to establish their own programs for residents and businesses to buy the insurance.
The decision is just one of several that states, businesses and individuals must make before roughly 30 million Americans start applying for insurance just 11 months from now -- through programs known as exchanges.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to governors Friday that extends some deadlines – including those for exchange partnerships and grants to establish exchanges. However, the letter made clear that the cutoff for governors to decide on state-run exchanges was still Friday and that insurance purchases would begin Jan. 1, 2014 “with no delays.” Open enrollment begins two months earlier.
An agency spokeswoman told FoxNews.com Tuesday this week’s deadline needed to be enforced so federal officials can see whether states are on the right track.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/13/obama-reelected-states-face-quick-deadlines-on-president-health-care-law/?cmpid=NL_FNTopHeadlines#ixzz2CD4JGQAV
President Obama’s re-election has effectively ended the waiting game about whether his law that overhauls the U.S. health care system would really take effect, sending states into a scramble that includes deciding by Friday whether to establish their own programs for residents and businesses to buy the insurance.
The decision is just one of several that states, businesses and individuals must make before roughly 30 million Americans start applying for insurance just 11 months from now -- through programs known as exchanges.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to governors Friday that extends some deadlines – including those for exchange partnerships and grants to establish exchanges. However, the letter made clear that the cutoff for governors to decide on state-run exchanges was still Friday and that insurance purchases would begin Jan. 1, 2014 “with no delays.” Open enrollment begins two months earlier.
An agency spokeswoman told FoxNews.com Tuesday this week’s deadline needed to be enforced so federal officials can see whether states are on the right track.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/13/obama-reelected-states-face-quick-deadlines-on-president-health-care-law/?cmpid=NL_FNTopHeadlines#ixzz2CD4JGQAV
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